midwifingn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪdwʌɪfɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmɪdˌwaɪfɪŋ/

Forms: Middle English medwyuyng, Middle English mydwifyng, Middle English mydwyuyng, 1700s 1900s– midwifing, 1900s– midwiving Brit.

/ˈmɪdwʌɪvɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmɪdˌwaɪvɪŋ/.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: midwife n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < midwife n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare midwifery n.

The practice of acting as a midwife.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > by midwife

midwifinga1382

delivery1719

midder1909

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. i. 19 Wymmen of hebrew..han þe kunnyng of medwyuyng [v.r. mydwyuyng; a1425 L.V. medewijf; v.r. mydwifyng; L. obstetricandi].

1750 Bp. W. Warburton Lett. (1809) 47 Where was the Genius loci of the school when this disaster happened! perhaps in the office of Diana when her Temple was a burning, gone a midwifing to some Minerva of the brain.

1986 Amer. Q. 38 663 The narrative form..reflects the midwiving tradition of the ethnic woman writer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	midwifing
释义	midwifingn. Brit. /ˈmɪdwʌɪfɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɪdˌwaɪfɪŋ/ Forms: Middle English medwyuyng, Middle English mydwifyng, Middle English mydwyuyng, 1700s 1900s– midwifing, 1900s– midwiving Brit. /ˈmɪdwʌɪvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɪdˌwaɪvɪŋ/. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: midwife n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < midwife n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare midwifery n. The practice of acting as a midwife. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > by midwife midwifinga1382 delivery1719 midder1909 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. i. 19 Wymmen of hebrew..han þe kunnyng of medwyuyng [v.r. mydwyuyng; a1425 L.V. medewijf; v.r. mydwifyng; L. obstetricandi]. 1750 Bp. W. Warburton Lett. (1809) 47 Where was the Genius loci of the school when this disaster happened! perhaps in the office of Diana when her Temple was a burning, gone a midwifing to some Minerva of the brain. 1986 Amer. Q. 38 663 The narrative form..reflects the midwiving tradition of the ethnic woman writer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1382
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